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The report documents casual absence/sick leave provisions and practices, as well as short- and long-term disability program coverage in Canadian workplaces. It also looks at successful organizational strategies to manage absenteeism.
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| 36 pages |
June 2010
| Lisa Hughes
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This webinar uncovers what it takes to attract, retain and engage today’s workforce, and what Canadians are looking for in their “ideal employer” today - as well as what they think of their immediate managers and senior leadership. The findings carry significant implications for employers and the decisions they need to make about the magnitude, nature and timing of their workforce investments.
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May 2010
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This webcast examined two companies that have taken a long term approach to managing their workforce.
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May 2010
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This webcast discussed what needs to happen for full labor market recovery, and provide some thoughts about what to look for in the coming months.
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May 2010
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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External forces are transforming work and workplaces. This report helps organizational leaders understand the challenges they face and the skills needed to address them.
Report
| 67 pages |
April 2010
| Michael Bloom, Judith MacBride-King
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Perhaps the greatest challenge for public sector HR professionals is to keep up with the pace of change at a time when the public sector and its need are becoming even more complex. This Conference e-Proceeding will help you identify the most significant changes in your environment, develop a plan for the future, and deploy strategies and tools to ensure success. You’ll learn about best practices from across the public sector that deal with globalization, demographics, technology, and workforce planning.
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March 2010
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Workplace health and wellness initiatives provide value to organizations. This report examines workplace health and wellness programs and practices currently in place in Canadian organizations.
Report
| 36 pages |
February 2010
| Nicole Stewart
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Universal labour peace is unlikely in the coming year. Public sector unions are bargaining in the face of substantial fiscal deficits and private sector unions will be focused on protecting benefits and defending jobs.
Report
| 28 pages |
January 2010
| David K. Shepherdson
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report shows that a robust measure of employee engagement can be constructed with just eight basic questions—termed The Conference Board Employee Engagement Barometer.TM
Report
| 12 pages |
January 2010
| John Gibbons, Russell K. Schutt
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This report describes how SWP adds value by helping global companies make better business decisions. It details what it takes for companies to advance from a fledgling effort to a more robust version of SWP.
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| 40 pages |
January 2010
| Mary B. Young
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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In the 2009 edition of an annual job satisfaction survey conducted for The Conference Board, only 45 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs.
Report
| 14 pages |
January 2010
| Linda Barrington, Lynn Franco
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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Now that the focus has shifted from recruitment to performance, many organizations may fail to recognize the business value of diversity as they pursue short-term business gains. This Conference e-Proceedings focuses on how your organization can capitalize on its diversity and create a more inclusive workforce. Learn from the innovators’ best practice case studies and hear practical tips from the experts on how you can increase the value of inclusiveness to your organization.
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January 2010
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This webcast discusses strategies to develop exceptional learning and development initiatives regardless of the economic climate.
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December 2009
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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Working at the Intersection of Human Resources, Ethics and Compliance—The Need for Collaboration documents the findings of a 2008 research project investigating the opportunities and challenges inherent in interdepartmental and interfunctional collaboration between human resources and ethics and compliance.
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December 2009
| Ronald E. Berenbeim
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This Executive Action features data on how layoffs were conducted, what support is being offered to employees who are leaving and who are staying, and some write-in comments on how respondents’ roles and companies are changing.
Executive Action Report
| 8 pages |
December 2009
| Stephanie J. Creary
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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The immediate challenges for HR leaders in today’s volatile business climate include “right-sizing” and rationalization to control costs. In this Conference e-Proceedings, you will find out from experts how to optimize the HR value proposition during unprecedented change. Learn how your HR strategies can increase “change-ability,” organizational agility, and immediate and long-term employee performance by protecting top talent and skills, building trust and responsible management, reducing costs, improving communications, and integrating new technology.
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October 2009
| The Conference Board of Canada
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On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization declared the first pandemic since 1968. The outbreak has surprised almost everyone—and the surprises may not be over. While not everything is known about the H1N1 virus, the second wave will continue to challenge organizations and threaten operations.
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October 2009
| Andrew Archibald
| The Conference Board of Canada
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The publication pursues cultural and organizational issues that may limit this collaboration, human resources' potential leadership role, and ways of introducing metrics into the equation.
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| 23 pages |
October 2009
| Ronald E. Berenbeim
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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This 60-minute session will explore how organizations are aligning work-life balance practices with their broader HR strategies, and integrating them into their business objectives.
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September 2009
| Donna Lero, Kathryn Zettel
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report explores the reasons behind the lack of ERM and performance management integration through an examination of the results of a survey of 97 senior executives.
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| 23 pages |
September 2009
| Ellen S. Hexter, Daniel Sandy Bayer
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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